It joins with Cottonwood Creek in rural Logan County near the community of Seward, Oklahoma.

Cottonwood Creek continues on to join with the Cimarron River near Guthrie, Oklahoma.

[2][3][4] The most significant tributary of Deer Creek is Bluff Creek (and upstream to Lake Hefner, a major water reservoir and recreational lake in Oklahoma City.

[citation needed] Most of the creek's path goes through the northern portions of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.

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